St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-15
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The Red Wing Citizens Are Red
Headed Over the Reform. School
Results.
The board of managers of the State
Reform school met yesterday in special
and executive session. All were pres
ent save c. II. Petit, of Minnea polls.
A large delegation were present from
Red Wing and were rather hot ''under
the collar" \ heavy fight was made
by them. but the commission, without
committing itself to anything definite,
ordered the present site 10 be sold at
auction after thirty days notice i'll the
morning papers. There was a great
deal of criticism and talk by the Red
Wing delegation but the meeting passed
without accident or incident. 1t adj
journed to meet at Minneapolis on Satur-
day afternoon at $50 in the office OF
Manager Husher. State Senator o. NJ
Hall. of the Red Wing delegation, was
interviewed last evening by GLOBE
reporter.
5'There is an effort being made" said
the senator, Ito cheat the people of Red
Wing out of what justly belongs to
them. for it is nearly six months now
since the SpateS farm was decided to be
eligibly situated by the commission,
which comprised MessrS. Andrew Knox.
Austin: J. F. Meagher, Mankato: ID. Z.
Freeman. st. Cloud: W. p. Murray. st.
Paul: Charles Strobeck. Litchfield; Il.
C. Libby, Hastings; Thomas Davis,
Pennington; F. ". Hoyt. Red Wing,
and c. IL. Petit. Minneapolis. Every
objection that was urged against Red
Wing has not only been met, but re-
futed, and we even went so far as 10
EXECUTE A CONTRACT
with the Milwaukee road in regard to
the stOppage of trains at the new sta
ton guaranteed to be built if the school
was located at our town. Then another
proposition was made to-day, when the
reform school managers stated that
one reason why they were averse to
selling the Midway property was that
they could not obtain as much money
for it as they could when the subject
was first preached. Thereupon our
committee. which consisted of Judge +.
r. WILDER, It. 3. Sheldon, B. B. Her
bert, F. W. IiOyt. Senator Nelson, Jesse
McIntire, W. +. Cross and myself, pro-
posed to buy at $1,000 per acre, the price
given as the value OF the Midway prop
erty, enough land to make up the sum
required for the purchase of the site at
-Reu W Ing DuI ITO pOSlllNc answer Was
given.
$50 be sure. the managers of the school
passed resolution to the effect that
they would offer the property now held
by the Reform school at public auction
within thirty days. but even then they
would not commit themselves in any
way TO the purchase OF the SDateS farm.
Now the situation of affairs is that. de-
spite the fact that the commission APP
pointed by the last legislature to select
the new site have completed their labOrS
and made the recommendation TO the
Reform school managers. the latter are
not satisfied with the selection, but
want it to go to some other point. Fail
ing TO secure this. they have determined
upon a series of delays. with the hope
OF ultimately Staving off matters until
the legislature meets again, and thus
defeat the wishes of the commission
and the people of Red Wing. We could
mandamuS them. TO be sure. but that
would be just what they want, for if the
matter were sent into the courts there
is no telling when we could get de-
cree. Now we are going to act on the
aggressive, for we have stood this dilly-
daIlying long enough. and the good peo-
pie of st. Paul will find that they have
stirred up the wrong ones to be tritied
with"